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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 151 - 200).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jose's private immigration attorney?
(a) Cora Worthington.
(b) Faith Ford.
(c) Elizabeth Green.
(d) Jane Smiley.

2. When did large-scale fighting start in the Mexican Revolution?
(a) August 1920.
(b) May 1911.
(c) September 1914.
(d) February 1909.

3. What does Cantu tell the dentist when the dentist asks if his work in Border Patrol is stressful?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) It is stressful for other people he knows, but not for him.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

4. Who was the migrant on page 154 that Cantu takes into the Border Patrol station for processing trying to get to see in the U.S.?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

5. Which war reporter does Cantu mention on page 150 as having examined the idea of "moral injury?
(a) David Wood.
(b) Steve Coll.
(c) Ernie Pyle.
(d) David Halberstam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are migrants who survive the crossing of the desert often shepherded by smugglers inside the U.S.?

2. On page 159, what does Cantu dream that he does in the desert?

3. Why does Cantu's mother tell him she insisted on keeping her maiden name after she married his father?

4. What Oaxacan food did the two men Morales and Cantu picked up on page 50 offer to Cantu?

5. What are Border Patrol agents instructed to do with water, food, and other belongings they find that migrants have left in the desert?

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